The pier "Elefanten" (The Elephant)

The pier, Elefanten (the Elephant), is named after a ship of the
line. This three-decker for many years was considered the finest
ship of the Navy, and during the first years of the war it was used
as the flagship. HDMS Elefanten was Admiral Gyldenløve's flagship
in 1710 and took part in the Battle of Køge Bay on October
4th where the ship of the line, HDMS Dannebrog, under
command of captain Ivar Huitfeldt blew up, and under the fighting
at Pommern, September 28-30 1712, when a Swedish transport squadron
was partly annihilated.

Ship of the line, HDMS Elefanten ("the Elephant").

In 1715 it was the flagship of Admiral Raben during the Battle
at Rügen on August 8th. In 1728 the ship was grounded at
Nyholm to protect the laid-up ships against the ice and to form the
foundation of a small island, which has now merged with Nyholm
under the name of Elefanten. Soon the small island was converted to
a windlass ground (a place where the ships were keelhauled, i.a.
cleaned under the water line and coated in tar) and next to it a
crane was built almost the size of The Round Tower of
Copenhagen.

The building next to HDMS Peder Skram originally was built as a
bath and toilet building for the depot vessel Fyen, which was lying
here till 1962, whereupon it was phased out and scrapped. The
building stayed, and the Foundation now has been given part of it
to use for a ticket office, workshop, changing room, offices and
meeting rooms.